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Andrew Avellino, Saint Confessor , born Castronuovo, Sicily, 1521; died Naples , 1608. His baptismal name was Lancelot, but he took the name Andrew when he entered the Order of Theatines . After studying canon and civil law at Naples , he took his degree and was ordained priest, 1547 . He served as master … Continue reading “Andrew Avellino, Saint”

Andrew, Asbury a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Caroline County, Md., in 1825. He removed to the vicinity of Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1833; experienced conversion in 1840; and in 1845 entered the Indiana Conference, in which he filled acceptably the appointments assigned him until his superannuation, which took place six years previous to … Continue reading “Andrew, Asbury”

Andrew Archbishop of Crain SEE ANDREAS Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Andrew Abbot Of Saint-Michael-Of-Bamberg was a Benedictine, who lived in the beginning of the 16th century, and left a Work concerning the popes, archbishops, bishops, abbots, and abbesses of his order who have been canonized; also a Life of St. Odo, the apostle of Pomerania. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Andrew A Jew Of Cyrene surnamed Lucuas by Eusebius, and the man of light by Abulfaraj, a fanatic, lived at the commencement of the 2d century. Under the reign of Trajan he distinguished himself as the leader of his compatriots, whom he promised a triumphant return to Jerusalem. The enthusiasm thus inspired gained for him … Continue reading “Andrew A Jew Of Cyrene”

ANDREW One of the twelve apostles, was of Bethsaida, and the brother of Peter, Joh 1:40,44 . Being a disciple of John the Baptists, he understood the imitations of his master as to the Lamb of God, and was the first of the apostles to follow him, Joh 1:35-40, and come to the knowledge of … Continue reading “Andrew”

Andreucci, Andrea Geronimo an Italian Jesuit, born at Viterbo in 1684, was much in the employment of the bishop of Pavia, and wrote many works, among them De Sacrosanctce Usn Eucharistice crebrius aut rariius Laicis Concedendo (Rome, 1720): The Life of St. Emidius, Bishop of Ascoli, in Italian (ibid. 1728): De Episcopo Titulari Tractatus Canonico-theologicuis … Continue reading “Andreucci, Andrea Geronimo”

Andres Quintana O.F.M., killed by his own mission Indians at Santa Cruz, California, 12 October 1812. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Andres, Juan A Spanish canonist, born at Xativa, or San Felipe, in Valencia. Of Moorish extraction, he became a Christian in 1587 and entered the priesthood. On the fall of Granada Ferdinand the Catholic invited him to labour in that city for the conversion of the Moors. He wrote a translation in Spanish of the … Continue reading “Andres, Juan”

Andres, Johann Bonaventura a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born at Nuremberg, May 29,1743. At a very early age he joined the Order of the Jesuits, and after it was abolished in 1773 he entered the clerical seminary at Wiirzburg, where, on presenting a dissertation, he was made licentiate of theology. In 1774 he … Continue reading “Andres, Johann Bonaventura”